Hosea 5:7

Verse

They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

American Standard Version (1901)

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

Bible in Basic English

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

Free Bible Version

They have been unfaithful to the Lord and have had children that are not his. Now the New Moon will destroy them along with their fields.

King James (Authorized) Version

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Translation for Translators

They have abandoned me; and their children do not belong to me [MET]. So they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at the new moons because I will destroy them and the crops in their fields.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They were unfaithful to Yahweh, for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon festivals will devour them with their fields.

Noah Webster Bible

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

World English Bible

They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

Young's Literal Translation

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

Context

Judgment on Israel and Judah

⁶They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. ⁷They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

Summary

Hosea 5:7 reveals the spiritual adultery of the people of Israel, as they have been unfaithful to God by turning to idolatry and forsaking His commandments. The verse portrays the consequences of their actions, as they will be overcome by their enemies and face judgment for their sins. This serves as a warning against the dangers of straying from God and serves as a call to repentance and returning to Him in obedience and faithfulness.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Now shall a month devour them - In a month's time the king of Assyria shall be upon them, and oblige them to purchase their lives and liberties by a grievous tax of fifty shekels per head. This Menahem, king of Israel, gave to Pul, king of Assyria, Kg2 15:16-20. Instead of month, some translate the original locust. "The locusts shall devour them."

John Gill Bible Commentary

They have dealt treacherously against the Lord,.... Which was the reason of his departure from them; as a woman deals treacherously with her husband when she is unfaithful to him, and commits adultery; so Israel and Judah dealt treacherously with the Lord, who stood in the relation of a husband to them in covenant, by committing idolatry; for they have begotten strange children; either of strange women, the daughters of idolatrous Heathens they married, so the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi; or rather their natural children, though born of Israelitish or Jewish parents, both such; yet being educated by them in an idolatrous way, and brought up in the commission of the evils their parents were guilty of, are said to be strange children to the Lord, alienated from him and his worship, and as such to be begotten: now shall a month devour them with their portions; the Jews understand this literally of the month Ab, the time of Jerusalem's destruction, so Jarchi and R. Jeshuah in Aben Ezra and Ben Melech; or the month Tammuz, in which the city was broke up, and the month Ab, in which it was destroyed, as Kimchi; or rather, which is also a sense he mentions, it signifies a short time, a very little while before the destruction should come; and compares it with Zac 11:8; though, according to the Targum, it is to be understood of every month; and so denotes the continual desolation that should be made, until they were utterly destroyed; but others seem better to interpret it of their new moon, or first day of the month, which they observed in a religious way, by offering sacrifice, &c. and on which they depended; but this should be so far from being of any service to them, that it should turn against them; and, because of the idolatry committed in them, the Lord would hate them, and destroy them on account of them; even their farms, and fields, and vineyards, which were their portions and inheritances; see Isa 1:13; unless it is rather to be understood of the parts of the beasts slain in sacrifice on those days, to appease the Lord; which would be so far from doing it, that they would provoke him yet more to wrath, and slay them.

Hosea 5:7

Judgment on Israel and Judah

Scripture
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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

American Standard Version (1901)

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

Bible in Basic English

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

Free Bible Version

They have been unfaithful to the Lord and have had children that are not his. Now the New Moon will destroy them along with their fields.

King James (Authorized) Version

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Translation for Translators

They have abandoned me; and their children do not belong to me [MET]. So they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at the new moons because I will destroy them and the crops in their fields.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They were unfaithful to Yahweh, for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon festivals will devour them with their fields.

Noah Webster Bible

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

World English Bible

They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

Young's Literal Translation

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:7

Verse

Context

Judgment on Israel and Judah

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Hosea 5:7

Judgment on Israel and Judah

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary